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Red Clydeside: Workers’ power on display
Brian McLelland Red Clydeside refers to a significant era of the labour movement in early 20th-century Scotland, centred around Glasgow…
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China: Growing class anger as multiple crises face CCP rulers
Lence Law The Chinese Communist Party dominated state is facing a narrowing of support in society. For decades, the leadership…
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Cuts to services will devastate mental health provision
Lynda McEwan Psychiatrists and mental health organisations in Scotland have reacted with a mixture of disbelief and disappointment to the…
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Memories of Alan Hardman, Militant cartoonist and printer
We first met Alan Hardman in the late 1960s through some comrades living in Maidenhead. He was already a confirmed…
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100 years since Lenin’s death: The relevance of his ideas for today
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party England and Wales National Committee In January 1917, the world was in flames amid the barbarism…
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Scotland’s housing crisis demands emergency action
Chris Sermanni, Glasgow City UNISON convener (personal capacity) There is a large scale housing crisis in Scotland. A number of…
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Biggest ever strike in Northern Ireland
Militant Left – the Irish section of the Committee for a Workers’ International Northern Ireland will see its biggest strike…
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Tories Out – Build the socialist alternative
Editorial of the Jan/Feb issue of the Socialist – the paper of the Socialist Party Scotland The opening shots of…
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TV Review: Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Gary Clark, recently retired secretary of CWU Scotland No.2 branch Watching the very moving four-part drama on ITV, no one…
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Scottish budget takes an axe to public services
Philip Stott The SNP – Scottish Green budget has delivered a devastating blow to public services in Scotland that were…
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